[lvc-project] [PATCH v4 07/26] x86/build: Check W^X of vmlinux during build

[Evgeniy Baskov]

Check if there are simultaneously writable and executable
program segments in vmlinux ELF image and fail build if there are any.

This would prevent accidental introduction of RWX segments.

Tested-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>
Tested-by: Peter Jones <pjones at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Baskov <baskov at ispras.ru>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 1acff356d97a..4dcab38f5a38 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -112,11 +112,17 @@ vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI) += $(obj)/efi.o
 vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED) += $(obj)/efi_mixed.o
 vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
 
+quiet_cmd_wx_check = WXCHK   $<
+cmd_wx_check = if $(OBJDUMP) -p $< | grep "flags .wx" > /dev/null; \
+	       then (echo >&2 "$<: Simultaneously writable and executable sections are prohibited"; \
+		     /bin/false); fi
+
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(vmlinux-objs-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmlinux.bin :=  -R .comment -S
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
+	$(call cmd,wx_check)
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 
 targets += $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%,$(vmlinux-objs-y)) vmlinux.bin.all vmlinux.relocs
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